BLACK, Isobel ^{1 2}

   Another name for Isobel was GORDON, of Fyvie, The Honourable Mrs.³

  General Notes:

Isobel Black was a domestic servant at the castle of Fyvie. She had a son by General William Gordon, the laird, and the child was legitimised by the later marriage of the couple.

from Fyvie Castle, Garden and Estate

Inscription on grave in Fyvie Cemetery
"General the Honourable WILLIAM GORDON of Fyvie d 25 May 1816 aged 80; the Hon Mrs GORDON of Fyvie d 3 Jun 1824 aged 80. WILLIAM GORDON of Fyvie, their only son d 9 Jan 1847 aged 71." ^{1 3}

Isobel married General the Honourable William GORDON of Fyvie, son of William GORDON 2nd Earl of Aberdeen and Anne GORDON. (General the Honourable William GORDON of Fyvie was baptised on 4 May 1736 in Methlick parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland,^{2 4 5} died on 25 May 1816 ¹ and was buried in Fyvie Cemetery, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ³.)